The population in China was over one point two billion people in the year 2000. That is twenty two percent of the world’s population, which means that one in five people in the world lives in China. This large population calls for restrictions. The Chinese government introduced a law that they called the one-child policy. The law allows a married couple whishing to have children to have only one child. The policy has prevented a possible three hundred and twenty million births since it was implemented in 1979.
It was only in the 1970’s that the Chinese government decided the population of their country was growing too big, too fast and that something needed to be done. With twenty two percent of the world’s population, only seven percent of China is arable land. Which means that China simply cannot support its population without importing goods from other countries. That costs money and valuable jobs are lost. If the population in China was allowed to keep growing without restrictions, in another hundred years or so the world
The one-child policy is an interference to China’s culture. In the past families have preferred more children because they can do with an extra set of helping hands, and as the parents age their children can help to support and look after their parents. Children would often die young so the parents would need more children to ensure that a sibling would be left to care for them in their old age, but because of modern health practises children in China are at a less risk of dying
If you do have a second child without consent from the government your children will be poorly educated and the government makes you pay a tax on your children. If you have only one child the government rewards you by allowing your children to get the best possible education and you get many other benefits such as alleviation from paying extra taxes.
simply would not be able to feed the people of China.
With so many people living in the one area they are sure to cause a great deal of pollution, so much so that they cannot even see the stars at night. This amount of pollution not only affects the people of Ch